RE: Bible also says in there to not hang around with sinners. To not be a part of the world. Be in it but not part of it.
Bible also tells us that Our Lord made friends with sinners — Publicans, tax collectors, prostitutes, etc. Yet, without sin.
I can be a friend to a gay person, yet NOT APPROVE of his lifestyle. Of course, we have to be careful NOT to be influenced by them, but to influence them instead.
I know but He is the Lord and cannot be tempted. When people say “well Jesus did it” to me that doesn’t mean that we can, and get away with it unscathed. Now, I know we can be friends with someone who’s gay, as long as we know we aren’t weak to that particular situation, but I think we also have the obligation, as it were, to spread the gospel to them. And we all know, we won’t have them for a friend very long after that...